Maria Gutzeit | Beginning with the End in Mind
Recently I got the chance to see “Poverty, Inc.” (povertyinc.org, available for streaming.) In the season of giving, it was quite eye-opening. A winner of
Recently I got the chance to see “Poverty, Inc.” (povertyinc.org, available for streaming.) In the season of giving, it was quite eye-opening. A winner of
A few years ago I was at an event in Ventura County. State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson was speaking about the length of time it took
On Oct. 9, the Santa Clarita City Council issued a proclamation naming October German-American Heritage Month. This was wonderful on many levels. Mayor Laurene Weste
Congratulations! You are reading this in the No. 1 source of local news, according to past polling of local residents. That’s a good start, because
Homelessness is one of the things that is huge in Los Angeles and Orange County but a much smaller issue here. Kudos to the City
It is well past time for political extremism and the resultant inaction to become a thing of the past. It starts with us. I recently
As I write this, I’m channeling my inner vampire, avoiding direct sun at all costs, as the summer heat once again bakes the Santa Clarita
Bad behavior by humans is putting lives, environment and the economy at risk, and what seems like a new trend of closing natural areas rather
Who doesn’t tear up at Harry Chapin’s original version of the song “Cat’s in the Cradle?” “My child arrived just the other day. He came
We just received our official sample ballots in the mail. Absentee ballots should be arriving any day. It’s easy to become a permanent absentee voter
With new information that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now twice the size of Texas, the death of the last male African White Rhino,
One of my perennially favorite speakers, Mark Schniepp, PhD, seemed quite enamored of self-driving cars at the 2018 Economic Outlook, presented by the Santa Clartia
The movement that opened our eyes to how many women have suffered assault or sexual harassment, #MeToo, has morphed into #TimesUp, a legal defense fund
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a
The Environmental Justice movement has loomed large lately, and rightly so. With problems like the nearby Aliso Canyon gas leak, lead contamination from the Exide
Recently, I read the bestseller “Hillbilly Elegy” by J.D Vance. To be honest, my reason for loading it onto my Kindle was to understand what
In June we arrived to choking smoke at the start of a long-anticipated two-week vacation to Utah and Arizona. In Dixie National Forest, the Brian
I play in the dirt. Anything outdoors is A-OK with me. So I may be a bit biased when gushing about our great public recreational
As I uttered the words, I knew what I had done wrong. My daughter had just finished an hour of swimming laps with her team.
A parents’ program at our local school was one of many signs the Rust Belt Rebellion of the 2016 election was simply the tip of
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